November 1, 2011 • 11:10 pm 0
Bank of America Corp. has dropped its plan to charge customers $5 a month for making purchases with their debit cards, responding to a customer backlash after the fee was announced in ..
MORE via BofA Retreats on Debit Fee, Citing Uproar – WSJ.com.
Filed under: Banks, Blogosphere, consumers, News, WeSeeReason, Bank Fees, Bank of America, BofA, Home ownership; the American Dream; mortgage failures; bankruptcies;
November 1, 2011 • 10:32 pm 0
Bank of America said Tuesday that it was abandoning its plan to charge its customers a $5 fee to use their debit cards, just a month after announcing the …
MORE via In Retreat, Bank of America Cancels Debit Card Fee – NYTimes.com.
Filed under: Banks, Blogosphere, consumers, News, WeSeeReason, Bank Fees, Bank of America, Bank of America fees, banks and profits, BofA, corporate profits; consumer rights vs. corporate greed; corporate excesses; the corporate supper rich; corporate leaders self dealing; corporate social responsibility; stock holders get short end of s
October 31, 2011 • 3:49 am 0
A month after Bank of America got pummeled by consumers and politicians for introducing plans for new debit-card fees, most other big U.S. banks are steering clear …
MORE via Big Banks Blink On Debit-Card Fees – WSJ.com.
Filed under: Banks, Blogosphere, consumers, News, WeSeeReason, Bank Fees, banks and profits, corporate profits; consumer rights vs. corporate greed; corporate excesses; the corporate supper rich; corporate leaders self dealing; corporate social responsibility; stock holders get short end of s
September 30, 2011 • 5:59 am 0
Bank of America will become the first major bank to charge customers across the country a monthly fee to shop with their debit cards, part of a wave of changes that are eroding the low-cost model of banking that consumers have long …
Filed under: Blogosphere, Election 2012, Mass Media and Public Opinion, News, Technology and You, WeSeeReason, Bank Fees, banks and profits, corporate profits; consumer rights vs. corporate greed; corporate excesses; the corporate supper rich; corporate leaders self dealing; corporate social responsibility; stock holders get short end of s, Government regulations; public policy; corporate freedom; free enterprise; public interest regulations; protecting the public; policy incentives for big business;
September 30, 2011 • 4:56 am 0
Bank of America, the nation’s biggest bank, said on Thursday that it planned to start charging customers a $5 monthly fee when they used their debit cards for purchases. It was just one of several new charges expected to hit consumers as new regulations …
MORE via Banks to Make Customers Pay Debit Card Fee – NYTimes.com.
Filed under: Blogosphere, Election 2012, Mass Media and Public Opinion, News, Social Media, Technology and You, WeSeeReason, Bank Fees, banks, banks and profits, corporate profits; consumer rights vs. corporate greed; corporate excesses; the corporate supper rich; corporate leaders self dealing; corporate social responsibility; stock holders get short end of s
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